{"id":7421,"date":"2019-08-05T16:09:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/?p=7421"},"modified":"2021-06-08T21:32:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T21:32:42","slug":"monitoring-the-rare-cushion-bladderpod-physaria-pulvinata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2019\/08\/05\/monitoring-the-rare-cushion-bladderpod-physaria-pulvinata\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring the rare Cushion bladderpod, <i>Physaria pulvinata<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By: Renee Lile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(CNHP Siegele Conservation Science Intern)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> As a Siegele Conservation and Science intern, I had the opportunity to survey one of Colorado\u2019s rare plant species\u2014<em>Physaria pulvinata<\/em>, or the Cushion bladderpod. <em>Physaria pulvinata<\/em> is ranked as a G1\/S1 by the NatureServe and Natural Heritage Program Network, meaning that there are five or fewer occurrences globally and statewide! In fact, you can only find this globally imperiled plant in two counties in Colorado: Dolores and San Miguel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Since 2016, the CNHP has been monitoring <em>Physaria pulvinata <\/em>near Miramonte Reservoir and Lone Mesa State Park in Dolores County, Colorado. The purpose of the CNHP\u2019s multi-year surveys of <em>Physaria pulvinata <\/em>is to gauge the plant\u2019s long-term survival and performance. The data collected will also help Colorado Parks and Wildlife manage these public areas with minimal species disturbance.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> My job was to help the CNHP botany team complete their fourth year of <em>Physaria pulvinata <\/em>surveys in Miramonte and Lone Mesa. During the workweek, I assisted the botany mentors (Jill Handwerk and Dee Malone) with gathering data from five cushion bladderpod plots. I would count the number of individual <em>Physaria pulvinata <\/em>plants along a 50 meter transect\u2014grouping them by size. I also flagged communities of <em>Physaria pulvinata <\/em>within a proposed riparian development site near Miramonte Reservoir. The purpose of the flagging was to identify the areas that should not be developed or altered in order to protect the rare plant species.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conservation aspect guiding the <em>Physaria pulvinata <\/em>surveys\nmade the work incredibly fulfilling. And the breathtaking scenery of the\nWestern slopes, the beauty of the cushion bladderpod, and the nights spent\ncamping in Uncompahgre National Forest made the internship one to remember!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190618_171607-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7422\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/?attachment_id=7422\" class=\"wp-image-7422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190618_171607-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190618_171607-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190618_171607-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Blooming <i>Physaria pulvinata<\/i> in Lone Mesa State Park. The plant makes its home in the dark shale soils of Western Colorado<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190618_171840-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7423\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/?attachment_id=7423\" class=\"wp-image-7423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190618_171840-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190618_171840-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/IMG_20190618_171840-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Flagging <i>Physaria pulvinata<\/i> near Miramonte Reservoir. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Renee Lile (CNHP Siegele Conservation Science Intern) As a Siegele Conservation and Science intern, I had the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5,72,9,59,49,73,52,28,36,96,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-about-cnhp","category-botany","category-cnhp","category-cnhp-in-the-news","category-cnhp-interns","category-colorado-ecosystems","category-colorado-natural-heritage-program","category-csu-students","category-education","category-rare-plants","category-siegele-conservation-science-internship","category-students","entry","override"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}